> Loneliness, however, is a symptom of large changes in society, many caused by policies that Republicans have pursued over decades. What neurosis is one suffe

> Loneliness, however, is a symptom of large changes in society, many caused by policies that Republicans have pursued over decades. What neurosis is one suffering that loneliness has to be pinned on the political party one dislikes? I don't understand how Americans can wade through media so thick with political bias. It's exhausting and increasingly permeates everything. And if Republicans are to blame, as the author insists, then so too are Democratic policies of changing demographics at such a pace as to erode social trust. Not to mention the constant assault for merely belonging to a majority demographic. Tell people in despair that they're too "privileged" to opine, on the one hand, and that their days are numbered, on the other, and they begin to feel strangers in a strange land.